List of Awardees

To commemorate the outstanding services of Hazrat Shah Waliullah and to promote the Islamic values, the Institute of Objective Studies instituted an Award known as "Shah Waliullah Award" to honour eminent scholars who have done outstanding work in Social Sciences, Humanities, Law and Islamic Studies. The Award is in the form of a cash of one Lakh rupees, Memento, shawl and a scroll of honour containing citation which is given annually to the best scholar of the year.

The first award was presented in 2000.

S.No Topic Conferred upon Date & Venue
Ist Uloom-e-Islamia Maulana Syed Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi (R.A). Received By Maulana Syed Mohammad Rabey Hasni Nadvi November 3, 2000 at Ansari Auditorium, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
2nd Islamic Fiqh Hazrat Maulana Qazi Mujahidul Islam Qasmi August 26, 2001 at Engineering College Auditorium, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
3rd Islamic Economics Prof. Mohd. Nejatullah Siddiqui May 19, 2003, at Hamdard Convention Centre, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi
4th Qur'anic Disciplines and Contemporary Context" Uloom-e-Qurani Aur Asri Tanaazur Maulana Shihabudddin Nadvi Received By Maulana Jamilur Rahman Nadvi May 19, 2003, at Hamdard Convention Centre, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi
5th Historiography in Islamic Perspective Prof. Yaseen Mazhar Siddiqi September 24, 2005 at Engineering College Auditorium, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
6th Quranic Exegesis and its Principles No award was conferred  
7th Islamic Law in Comparative Perspective Professor Dr Tahir Mahmood July 11, 2009 at Constitution Club, New Delhi
8th Hadith Literature Dr. Taqiuddin Nadwi February 26, 2011 at Jamia Hamdard New Delhi
9th Sociology/Social Anthropology in Islamic Perspective Dr M Khaleel Abbass Siddiqui (MKA Siddiqui) December 22, 2012 at Bhartiya Bhasha Parishad Hall, Shakespear Sarani, Kolkata
10th Islamic Mysticism (Tasawwuf) Mualana Shah Qadri Syed Mustafa Refai Jilani Nadwi August 23, 2014 at Darul Uloom Sabeelur Rashad, Bangalore
11th Education in Islamic Perspective Hazrat Ml Rabey Hasani Nadwi August 1, 2015 at Faculty of Engineering, Auditorium, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
12th Media, Society and Indian Muslims Mr. S. Iftikhar Gilani, Editor (Strategic Affairs) and Chief of National Bureau of DNA April 3, 2017 at FTK Centre for Information Technology, Near Ansari Auditorium, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi-110025
13th Islam and Political Science Prof. Obaidullah Fahad, Head, Deptt. of Islamic Studies, Aligarh Muslim University Friday, September 27, 2019 at Convention Centre, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi by Institute of Objective Studies, New Delhi.